I’ve had multiple conversations recently about teaching kids to code – where to begin, what resources to use, how to navigate when the parent/teacher/responsible adult has no coding expertise. So I decided to put together this page to share what I’ve learnt and compile some useful resources. Anyone can learn …
Our REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) program started yesterday, and, given the times, it’s gone virtual. Some projects have had to change, there’s different logistics to think about – it promises to be a fun learning experience for all. To keep the community spirit of the on-site REU, our program …
As we find ourselves in various states of COVID19 lock-downs, the mind wanders to other places. As the weather begins to warm up here in Maine, I’m getting excited about the summer months, especially since last year I missed them. Last summer, I spent my time in South Africa, the …
As usual, I somehow find myself in the middle of fall, wondering where the time has gone. Here’s the highlights of the past few months: 1. The Midcoast Maine Girls Who Code club finished their inaugural year (see my earlier post to find out more about the club). Check out …
In January I embarked on a new venture with a friend & colleague, Julie. We started a Girls Who Code club at Great Salt Bay Community School in Damariscotta. Girls Who Code is a nationwide non-profit which has a single mission: to close the gender gap in technology. After just …
This Maine winter feels like it has been a long (& often snowy) one, but somehow time also seems to be flying by. A few weeks ago, as I headed to Scotland for a couple weeks vacation, another Nor’easter bore down on Boston and I wondered if there would be …
One of the projects I have been working on at Bigelow has been the development of a new method, or algorithm, to estimate the amount of particulate inorganic carbon (PIC) in the ocean from satellite observations. PIC is more commonly known as calcium carbonate, or chalk. So, why do we …
Last week, in the depths of winter, a day after the lab was shut because of a snow day, my research group went out in a ship on the Gulf of Maine. This was the first time we had managed to get out during the winter in two years. Winter …
